Nov 8 (Reuters) - CBTX Inc CBTX.O :
* PRESS RELEASE - ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES, INC. AND CBTX, INC.
TO
COMBINE TO CREATE A PREMIER TEXAS BANKING FRANCHISE
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - ALLEGIANCE SHAREHOLDERS WILL
RECEIVE
1.4184 SHARES OF CBTX FOR EACH SHARE OF ALLEGIANCE COMMON STOCK
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - CO'S SHAREHOLDERS WILL OWN
ABOUT 54%
AND CBTX SHAREHOLDERS WILL OWN ABOUT 46% OF COMBINED COMPANY
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - MERGER IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE
AN
ESTIMATED $35.5 MILLION OF RUN-RATE COST SYNERGIES BY 2023
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - MERGER IS TARGETED TO DELIVER
40%
AND 17% ACCRETION TO CBTX'S AND ALLEGIANCE'S EARNINGS PER SHARE
IN 2023, RESPECTIVELY
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - BOB FRANKLIN, CHAIRMAN, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRESIDENT OF CBTX, WILL BE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF COMBINED COMPANY
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - STEVE RETZLOFF, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF ALLEGIANCE, WILL BE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF COMBINED
COMPANY
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - RAY VITULLI, PRESIDENT OF
ALLEGIANCE, WILL BE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF COMBINED BANK
* ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES INC - PAUL EGGE, CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
OF ALLEGIANCE, WILL BE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF COMBINED
COMPANY
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